Former Baddeck Post Office, Baddeck, Nova Scotia - Canada Post Offices on Waymarking.com

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall was originally the Baddeck Post Office and Custom House. This three-storey, stone building was constructed between 1885 and 1886 and was officially opened by the Federal Government on October 30, 1886. The Post Office was located on the main floor and the Customs House on the second floor. It was built with stone that was barged in from nearby Boularderie and was in operation until the Federal Government closed it in 1956 and moved the Post Office to new, smaller quarters.

It was then purchased a few years later by Mr. S.A. Gayley who gave it to his wife, granddaughter of Alexander Graham Bell, as a gift. Mrs. Gayley named the building the Gilbert H. Grosvenor Hall, in memory of her father, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, who was editor of the National Geographic Magazine from 1903 to 1954. She presented the building to the Baddeck Library Board as a memorial to her father's work and Grosvenor Hall housed the Baddeck Public Library until the 1980s. It now houses the Bras d'Or Lakes and Watershed Interpretive Centre.

The Post Office was designed by Thomas Fuller, Chief Architect of Canada and co-designer of Ottawa's first Parliament buildings. Styled in the Romanesque Revival tradition, this is a three-storey, red sandstone building with heavy stone work and rounded arches over the doors and windows which add to the fortress-like appearance of the design. It is one of the village's most important landmarks. The clock, located on the west gable, was donated to the village in 1912.

The face, carved in stone above the main entrance, is that of Charles J. Campbell, Conservative Member of Parliament for Victoria County. It was carved the same year the Post Office opened.

Source: Provincial Heritage Property files, no. 23, Heritage Division, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS

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Post Office Type: Large Post Office Province/Territory: Nova Scotia Historical Significance: Yes - Older than 50 years Location has a philatelic display: Not Listed Friendly and helpful service: Not Listed What brought you here?: Not listed

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